This is my second post for the day. I’ve been a lot busier at the craft table than the posts here would indicate because I’ve had to work ahead for both Color Hues and Memory Box since there’s more than the usual travel in March and April. I did, however, make time to create a card for Woodblock Wednesday.
This wonderful stamp of a fountain pen is very old. It has a date of 1994 on it and is from Stampa Rosa. The summer of 1996 we went on a three week trip to California with our kids. I was already heavily into stamping, and planned several stops at stamp stores; one of them was Stampa Rosa. What I remember specifically about this store was how welcoming and helpful the staff was. (I also fondly remember how patient my two teenagers were! Remember there were no “devices” in 1996.) I love that pulling out a stamp can bring back memories you haven’t thought about in awhile.
My first idea was to stamp this in three different colors. No matter what ink I chose, I couldn’t get a clean image. When I moved to black, it was perfect. Just as well, as I’m in need of masculine birthday cards, and this one now has someone’s name on it. It’s stamped on white cardstock, but it looks more ivory in the top photo. I tried redoing it, but it’s just the light I have! After stamping it three times, I die cut it with one of the Greetery Postal Frames.
The sentiment from Stamp Oasis was stamped on white cardstock and die cut with one of Simon Says Stitched Rectangles. The card needed some interest in the background so I ran a panel of black cardstock through the die cutting machine with Altenew’s Basic Plaid 3D Embossing Folder. (Sadly, not easy to see.)
I’m sending this card to the AAA Card Challenge: Anything CAS, but not the optional twist!
Thanks, as always, to Amy for hosting Woodblock Wednesday.
Your card with the pens is just wonderful. Lucky you having that wood stamp. tfs
Great masculine card
Oh I like this card. You can never go wrong with white & black (IMO). That pen stamp could be used for so many types of cards; birthday, hello, invite, thank you … this stamp was an investment (col).
As a fellow crafter note, I have paper of similar style pens in floral & bright colours & I’ve been stuck using the paper because all the “jazzy” colours distract from any photos I would use in scrapping and/or cards, so again my vote is the clean black on white …
sigh, I absolutely love your style karen. This is clean and simple perfection.
Thanks so much for joining in the Woodblock Wednesday fun!
WOW you are so skilled at lining up these pens Karen; this looks amazing!!
Great CAS card Karen. Love the black and white vibe and that sentiment is perfect with your pens. Thanks for joining us at AAA Cards – Tristan DT
It’s very classy. Looks as if it could have been professionally designed!
This shaped card is fantastic, Karen, and the navy background shows off the fuchsia and white blooms beautifully!
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